Sweet and true and scrappy and basically every good thing a coming-of-ager can be. I saw that quote about how “personal stories don’t connect with audiences” or something (not about this movie!) and how ridiculous is that. Chris’s life is so unique and specific and deeply felt and yet it still reaches out and through to you. Completely. Ludicrous to me that somebody would not want to be introduced to Nai Nai (Nai Nai and Wài Pó is perfect and…

I wish it was for me, I just don't think it fully is, but can 100% see how much this movie will mean to a lot of people. I also don't huuugely think it's a movie about pop culture as much as it is about the way that your sense of self while growing up (at any age) can be swallowed by anything, anyyyyything it touches, anything in the world can swallow you whole if you just can't hold onto…